Benitez confident Liverpool can cope with demands on two fronts

RAFAEL Benitez prepares for his 50th Premier League game as Liverpool boss hoping his European champions have improved enough to cope with the demands of both domestic and Champions League competitions.

Benitez knows only too well that his own performance in the Premiership must improve, standing with a record of P49 W22 D18 L9.

The Spaniard has had to come to terms with a very different type of game to what he knew well from La Liga, and he is still working on boosting his squad to handle the pressures in England.